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A game played with such a ball, as by players striking it to and fro between them with the hands, or alternately against a wall, until one side or the other fails to return the ball.

To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension.

A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.

Hold; influence. When the devil hath got such a hank over him. Bp. Sanderson.

the ninth of Ab, at the end of the service, after the parashoth, or lessons from the Law. Such a practice is evidenced in Luke iv.17 and Acts xiii.15.

The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes.

tem or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.

A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag. Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey.

That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.

eway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening.

The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.

Practice; skill. [Obs.] Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. Chaucer.

One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. R. Brown.

Such as can be hazarded or risked.

The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear,…

ged that a person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; -- also called lifting machine. -- Health officer, one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place. -- To drink a…

ication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter. I have heard, sir, of such a man. Shak. I must hear from thee every day in the hour. Shak. To hear ill, to be blamed. [Obs.] Not only within his own camp, but also now at Rome, he heard ill for his temporizing and slow proceedings. Holland. -- To hear…

Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief. Shak.

Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).

m the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh. The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. Shak.